sábado, 27 de octubre de 2007

FUTURE TELLING


This wonderful acryl on canvas BELOT painting from 1996 is now for sale. 80 x 60 cm--the price is 3.500 US$.


It has given me a warm sensation of security and health during all these years. When you approach the painting a feeling of selfesteem invades you and the doubts fade away.


BELOT

domingo, 3 de junio de 2007

WILL I PAINT AGAIN?




BELOT

When I was a kid I designed racing cars, many of them, futuristic ones, 2 large back wheels and the front sustained in the air by magnetic forces, airflows and whatever I could imagine.

I sent one of my booklets to the general management of the FORD MOTOR Company in USA and I received a letter back asking me if I would like to work with them. A duplicated pro-forma contract agreement was enclosed. I was 15 by that time (1966), didn`t know too much about contracts, so I actually didn`t sign anything: my english teacher, who translated the context for me asked if I had any idea of the importancy of that piece of paper and what my decision was.

Actually I was only interested in knowing the reaction of a mayor Car Company as FORD, I was happy to receive their recognition on my creations.

Later, I realized that all my early sketches had a meaning. I realized that all of them were anticipations of the future. I designed the SAAB 900 in 1966, fifteen years before it even appeared on the market.

I bought one for my wife in 1985..

That same year (1966) I designed my future Maserati Merak (which appeared on the roads the first time in 1972.., I had no idea I even would have the capacity of purchasing such a high standard car..

A couple of years later, I draw a sketch of my future wife (I would know her and fall in love with her only 10 years after.)..

So I realized that my paintings and drawings had something special, they were like an open book of the future, I was able to paint the future, to make a picture of what would happen to me.
Fortunately I never made any sketches of accidents, fallen airplanes and other calamities, which makes me look into the future without fearing a violent end.

In 1993 I started painting abstract art.

Curiously the different abstract paintings that hang on the wall of my office, were also anticipating different activities in which I would be involved later in my life.

Some of the symbols I painted between 1993 and 1994 are:
  • integrated circuits (I`m in the hi-tech I+D now)
  • the Euro sign seems to anticipate the different Euroconverters we would design (it`s on one of my paintings dated 1994, six years before the Eurosign (€) was even known..),
  • the first letter (_Z_)of my future partner`s company
  • the year (2000) when I started my joint venture with -Z- and even a statistics of the evolution of that business...


I painted as a needing, without any lucrative interest. All of them large formats, always 190 x 130 cm and acrylic on canvas, the best support and sizing for my expression.


Some of my friends were captivated by my works and asked if they could purchase my paintings. Of course, I won`t ask a friend to pay for my art, so I gave them away.


The first one to my friend who runned a small sized factory of electronic elements. He hung my painting in his office. Now he is the largest manufacturer in his country, with 3 brand new production centers nationwide. The painting was like a rising sun, very bright, just as his business. I used gold painting (I normally donot use)..


The other one to a girlfriend of mine. Her personal situation wasn`t very bright, she wasn`t happy, she couldn`t find a way out. I gave her 2 of my paintings and she hanged them in both of her homes. Her situaton changed drastically, she is living in a brand new villa now, has a good relation, 5 grandchildren and a wealthy life.


I painted by that time around 15 large formats; 10 of which where given away to my friends, and 5 were kept for my own. I guard these as a treasure, because I know these are really luckbringers; 2 of them are represented hereunder.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2007


Year 2007--My mood is there again, I feel Inspirated, I`m ready to paint again... however, I`m kind of scared for what can come out of my 6th sense.

Will I paint or won`t I paint? I have to decide one of these weeks..

BELOT





BELOT


(Window$ --1993 - Acrylic on Canvas --190 x 130 cm)

This painting is called "WINDOW$", painted in 1993, and anticipated my new future activities (1999) in the hi-tech industry, where I used a lot of software (Windows) and started a good new business($). It shows a window ( close to the Windows-logo) and the -S- for $.

The vector goes from a dark blue start to a bright and lightful future.

The hieroglyphic tells me that, from a dark situation I´m moving to a positive bright future (the "plus" sign-+-).


The painting belongs to my private collection, has a very significant meaning, and I would only sell it under very special conditions.


BELOT

ZOOO





BELOT
(ZOOO- 1993 -Acrylic on Canvas - 190 x 130 cm)




This beautiful painting is an anticipation of my joint venture with -Z-in 2000.
The _Z_ is also a -2- , together with the OOO make the year 2000..

In the middle of the work the first initial of my partner`s name. The statistics (small black dots) show a 2 years of studying the proyect, the 6 years of I+D and the rest is the industrial evolution that should take place next year....


This work belongs to my private collection: only under excepcional circunstances I would sell this artpiece.



BELOT